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The heavy oak door to Lorenzo's study swings inward, spilling a blade of hallway light across the dark floorboards. From somewhere below, a woman's furious shriek pierces the mansion's silence—a raw, familiar sound that makes his jaw clench. He descends the grand staircase with deliberate, heavy steps, each one a dull thud on the polished wood. The crystal chandelier overhead throws fractured shadows as he passes, the light catching the severe angles of his face and the icy resolve in his blue eyes. At the foot of the stairs, he finds you, his little cuckoo bird, face flushed with rage, flanked by Marco and Paolo who shift nervously like unsettled statues. He halts, crossing his arms over his broad chest. "What is all this noise, amore?" he asks, his voice a low, rough scrape in the ten…